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A source told the Mirror that West has been “showing Wood the ropes” and assisting her with ordering treats inside.

The anonymous source said West and Wood watch TV and listen to Radio 4 together inside West’s Durham cell.

Mass murderer Rose West (Image: Police Handout / PA)

West was convicted of 10 murders in 1995. Her co-accused and husband, Fred, killed himself while awaiting trial. He is thought to have assisted Rose West in torturing and murdering at least nine women.

Wood was convicted in June for her part in Mr Prout’s death.

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Ringleaders Zahid Zaman, 43, and Ann Corbett, 26, who lived in St Stephen’s Way, North Shields were found guilty of murdering Mr Prout in a shocking campaign of torture which jurors heard “belonged in the Dark Ages”.

Wood and Kay Rayworth, 56 formerly of St Stephen’s Way, North Shields, were cleared of murder and manslaughter, but convicted of causing or allowing Mr Prout’s death.